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our responsibility is to defend and protect the united states of america. and using the operations that we have, using the systems that we have, using the weapons that we have, is absolutely essential to our ability to defend americans. that's what counts. >> let's turn now to iran, our diplomats were in baghdad this week, trying to convince iran to stop its suspected nuclear weapons program. we saw iranian diplomat bragging to "new york times" about outnegotiating us. are they not just running out the clock? these negotiations once a month, are they enough? >> we begin with the fundamental premise here, the fundamental premise is, neither the united states or the international community is going to allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon. we'll do everything we can to prevent them from developing a nuclear weapon. we put very tough sanctions on them as a result of that and we are, you know, we are prepared for any contingency in that part of the world but our hope is that these matters can be revealed diplomatically. one of this things that we do at the def
our responsibility is to defend and protect the united states of america. and using the operations that we have, using the systems that we have, using the weapons that we have, is absolutely essential to our ability to defend americans. that's what counts. >> let's turn now to iran, our diplomats were in baghdad this week, trying to convince iran to stop its suspected nuclear weapons program. we saw iranian diplomat bragging to "new york times" about outnegotiating us. are they...
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one of his folks saying russia was the biggest strategic threat to the united states. colin powell was on "morning joe" on msnbc this week and had this reaction. >> governor romney not too long ago said the russian federation is the number one geostrategic threat. come on, think. that isn't the case. i don't know if mitt really thinks that, or if someone told him. >> someone told him to say it? what? >> i don't know. you ask him. it's been catching a lot of heck from the more regular gop community. we're kind of taken a back by it. >> carly, quickly, is foreign affairs going to be a target of opportunity against this president? >> certainly foreign affairs are on the minds of average americans, especially at memorial day when we think about the sacrifices of so many men and women in uniform and their families. i think colin powell, a friend of mine, is an independent man. he'll make up his mind when he decides to, however, i think what governor romney probably intended was, it is true that we have the most unsettled relationship with russia right now, and we have a lea
one of his folks saying russia was the biggest strategic threat to the united states. colin powell was on "morning joe" on msnbc this week and had this reaction. >> governor romney not too long ago said the russian federation is the number one geostrategic threat. come on, think. that isn't the case. i don't know if mitt really thinks that, or if someone told him. >> someone told him to say it? what? >> i don't know. you ask him. it's been catching a lot of heck from...
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. >> it's the leader of the united states. it's not the short-term return of profits to the few, but a long-term economy that creates jobs for the many. >> let's start down that road. why has unemployment come down? unemployment's come down? because participation in the workforce is at the lowest point it's been in three decades. people are retiring early because they can't find a job. people have given up looking. if you look at the gallup surveys, the number of those who are underemployed and quit looking is 19%. this is a disastrous administration, and candidly if you want to get into a fight over debt, from 47% in the economy to 74% in three and a half years. this is why obama will have a hard time this fall. he can't fight over jobs because he isn't creating them. he can't fight over debt, and he has policies that people find unacceptable and romney has a straightforward case. can you afford four more years of barack obama? can you afford four more years of this economy? and can you afford four more years of this kind of
. >> it's the leader of the united states. it's not the short-term return of profits to the few, but a long-term economy that creates jobs for the many. >> let's start down that road. why has unemployment come down? unemployment's come down? because participation in the workforce is at the lowest point it's been in three decades. people are retiring early because they can't find a job. people have given up looking. if you look at the gallup surveys, the number of those who are...
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united states. that he's some kind of economic savior. he's very good at making money for his partners. he's not so good at creating jobs. >> the fact is that 80% of companies he invested in grew. if you look at sports authority, 15,000 jobs. if you look at brighter horizons, 19,000 jobs. if you look at staples, nearly 90,000 jobs created. the president's hostile rhetoric to private investment and job creators is highlighting the fact that his policies are hostile to private investment and job creators. >> the gop in texas is set for tuesday, mitt romney is expected to officially become the gop nominee. on tuesday, mitt romney meets up with donald trump and newt gingrich for a fundraiser at trump towers in los angeles. before that, mr. romney will spend tomorrow observing memorial day with senator john mccain, the two will attend an event at the veterans museum and memorial center in san diego. >>> and president obama will mark memorial day with veterans and their families at arlington national cemetery and later visit the vietnam's veter
united states. that he's some kind of economic savior. he's very good at making money for his partners. he's not so good at creating jobs. >> the fact is that 80% of companies he invested in grew. if you look at sports authority, 15,000 jobs. if you look at brighter horizons, 19,000 jobs. if you look at staples, nearly 90,000 jobs created. the president's hostile rhetoric to private investment and job creators is highlighting the fact that his policies are hostile to private investment...
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we are looking to him to potentially be the president of the united states. so if you actually want to measure apples to apples, oranges to oranges, you measure, how did he perform as governor of massachusetts? that's the real key? because on one hand, republicans are critical of president obama for the government investment in solyndra. you could call that private equity if you want to, investing in a company, but the real deal is when you're the president, you're not running it like a private equity company. so i would say his role there plays a role, the experience, but also, being president is dealing with commander in chief, is dealing with housing, is dealing with a wide variety of issues beyond just what did you do, running a company in terms of being able to fund start-ups. >> it is a little weird to attack him for being the head of bain. i mean, i don't understand how that gives him less qualifications. >> actually, it's not actually, it's not. >> i'd also say, don't forget, he not only -- >> here's the deal -- you're making a political argument. and
we are looking to him to potentially be the president of the united states. so if you actually want to measure apples to apples, oranges to oranges, you measure, how did he perform as governor of massachusetts? that's the real key? because on one hand, republicans are critical of president obama for the government investment in solyndra. you could call that private equity if you want to, investing in a company, but the real deal is when you're the president, you're not running it like a private...
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welcome to all of any the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. this week we'll tackle america's struggles both economic and political and how they affect the world. we'll start with simpson and boolles. that's alan simpson
welcome to all of any the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. this week we'll tackle america's struggles both economic and political and how they affect the world. we'll start with simpson and boolles. that's alan simpson
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states. so, i mean, that's who he was. so i think governor romney now that people see who he is, i think they're going to find a very intelligent, very engaged, very committed man who is the perfect choice for a period of time in which we have to revive the economy. i couldn't think of a better set of credentials to deal with the economy. so maybe the personal part won't become as important. >> as you know, this is the time where a candidate who is lesser known obviously than the president of the united states does begin to define himself, and there's equal pushback at this point from the obama re-election campaign trying to help mitt romney define himself. one of the things that the former governor of massachusetts has kind of taken off the table and something you criticized in 2008 as well as earlier is his role as governor of massachusetts. you criticized him on spending. you criticized him on taxes. you criticized him on health care when he was governor of massachusetts. you know all thos
states. so, i mean, that's who he was. so i think governor romney now that people see who he is, i think they're going to find a very intelligent, very engaged, very committed man who is the perfect choice for a period of time in which we have to revive the economy. i couldn't think of a better set of credentials to deal with the economy. so maybe the personal part won't become as important. >> as you know, this is the time where a candidate who is lesser known obviously than the...
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she came over to the united states to study in the same program as barack obama senior from kenya. that's right. and there's another quasi-environmental nobels. what do you do with 19th of the what the great economists? in his 1949 award to john voight award who was the first leader of the fao, the agricultural organization. but maybe 2004 was the first explicitly green and the contemporary sense toward. 05, national atomic energy agency and then director mohamed alper of a, people wonder, is this another kick in the late? it was, seems pretty clear. she 2006 the homogeneous as the bangladeshi micro lender. how is this off the beaten path by the nobel peace prize? >> host: that was one of the things president clinton lobbied very hard for. eat a lot of institutional support. >> guest: he was always advocating the peace prize. i think the nobels chairman does, now bill clinton can get off our back. we've done it. by the way, clinton is one of the few top democrats not to be nobel peace award. to give it to carter, gore and obama. do you go. trying to think if relatives have won the
she came over to the united states to study in the same program as barack obama senior from kenya. that's right. and there's another quasi-environmental nobels. what do you do with 19th of the what the great economists? in his 1949 award to john voight award who was the first leader of the fao, the agricultural organization. but maybe 2004 was the first explicitly green and the contemporary sense toward. 05, national atomic energy agency and then director mohamed alper of a, people wonder, is...
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was he trying to score the united states? well, i am going to tell you that you will not find find a definitive answer to that question in my book because like so many important questions, it has no definitive answer. i am pretty sure that aaron burr himself didn't know exactly what was intended. now here i am going to, i am going to cite a distinction. remember several years ago when donald rumsfeld was often lampooned, certainly criticize, for drawing a distinction when he was talking about been known knowns in the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns in all this and jon stewart and the late-night jay leno, they got a mileage and i thought this was great fun because this was obfuscation in the extreme. in fact i thought this was one of those censuses when rumsfeld had it exactly right because those people who are in the intelligence business, and i have this from authorities in the intelligence system, william kagan used to distinguish between secret -- secrets and mysteries and in the intelligence business both of these
was he trying to score the united states? well, i am going to tell you that you will not find find a definitive answer to that question in my book because like so many important questions, it has no definitive answer. i am pretty sure that aaron burr himself didn't know exactly what was intended. now here i am going to, i am going to cite a distinction. remember several years ago when donald rumsfeld was often lampooned, certainly criticize, for drawing a distinction when he was talking about...
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but they are in the united states. the newspaper, for instance, the israeli newspaper, i think, has probably the best coverage of the palestinians of any paper in the country. and all of these articles are written by israeli jews. danny rubenstein, emil haas, gideon levy, these are great, great journalists and do israel credit. so i think that the frustration for many of us old middle east hands is that we saw possibilities in os o low -- in oslo and in the relationship between rabin and be king hussein, and i knew king hussein and covered rabin. and with the assassination of rabin, we watched that hope essentially vanish, and israel as the united states has essentially become captive to a really rapacious right wing. i mean, for instance, the israeli foreign minister who has openly called for the ethnic cleansing of israeli, arabs and palestinians, i mean, this was unthinkable when i first got to jerusalem in 1988. and for me it's really a debate ant the health of the middle east and the health of the israeli state it
but they are in the united states. the newspaper, for instance, the israeli newspaper, i think, has probably the best coverage of the palestinians of any paper in the country. and all of these articles are written by israeli jews. danny rubenstein, emil haas, gideon levy, these are great, great journalists and do israel credit. so i think that the frustration for many of us old middle east hands is that we saw possibilities in os o low -- in oslo and in the relationship between rabin and be...
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to pull it from the united states which would have been a huge embarrassment for our country and turned it around that is one of his successes as well and that's why many americans see him as a strong leader with a positive agenda going forward. >> schieffer: do you think we will ever see him on one of these sunday morning interview shows? i know he does fox, but we would love to have him sometime. >> i am sure you would. >> schieffer: as would meet the press and the -- >> you know, the fact is we will take our message to the american people, you see him and saw him talking to school children last week, giving a speech on education reform and how, have great respect for the shows and proud to be with you today but the fact is how we get our message to the american people and convey that to to the voters we will have to consider a in number of options in that regard and i am sure the sunday shows are one of them. >> schieffer: well i know the school children are always happy to see him i want to make sure he knows we would be happy to see him too. >> i will carry that back to boston. >>
to pull it from the united states which would have been a huge embarrassment for our country and turned it around that is one of his successes as well and that's why many americans see him as a strong leader with a positive agenda going forward. >> schieffer: do you think we will ever see him on one of these sunday morning interview shows? i know he does fox, but we would love to have him sometime. >> i am sure you would. >> schieffer: as would meet the press and the --...